Gouverneur vs Potsdam

A side-by-side comparison of Gouverneur and Potsdam: population, income, housing, and more.

Gouverneur and Potsdam are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Potsdam has the higher population (8,507 vs 3,623 in Gouverneur). Gouverneur has the higher median household income ($35,464 vs $32,061 in Potsdam). Potsdam has the higher median home value ($144,200 vs $107,500 in Gouverneur).

Population, income & housing

	Gouverneur	Potsdam
Population	3,623	8,507
Median age	38.9 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,464	$32,061
Median home value	$107,500	$144,200
Median gross rent	$842	$819
Housing units	1,924	2,851
Homeownership rate	52.7%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gouverneur	Potsdam
Population	3,720 → 3,623 (-2.6%)	9,154 → 8,507 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$33,571 → $35,464 (+5.6%)	$32,282 → $32,061 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $107,500 (+16.7%)	$113,100 → $144,200 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $842 (+27.2%)	$758 → $819 (+8.0%)

Gouverneur

Population

3,7203,623

Median household income

$33,571$35,464

Median home value

$92,100$107,500

Median gross rent

$662$842

Potsdam

Population

9,1548,507

Median household income

$32,282$32,061

Median home value

$113,100$144,200

Median gross rent

$758$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gouverneur	Potsdam
Under 5	8.2%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	6.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	57.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	4.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	3.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	4.8%
75 and over	12.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gouverneur	Potsdam
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gouverneur	Potsdam
No high school diploma	15.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	26.1%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gouverneur	Potsdam
Drove alone	85.9%	50.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	28.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	11.1%
Other means	4.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gouverneur	Potsdam
1-unit, detached	47.1%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	30.2%	27.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	16.6%
20 or more units	13.0%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Gouverneur	Potsdam
Poverty rate	28.4%	26.7%
Average household size	2.17	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1941	1959